Hello, I'm new to this board and thought I'd say hello. I live in Jasonville, IN. It's in Greene County. I coon hunt with English hounds and rabbit hunt with beagles. Me and a few others are in the process of starting a beagle club in Jasonville- we'll be running a couple PKC trials amongst other events. If you're interested in joining up contact me at dannykeller1@yahoo.com

Welcome to the board Houndsound.There are not too many coonhunters on here.I used to primarily run English,but seem to have more TW now.
I have a 6 month old female English that I will be starting pretty soon.She is out of the old Ringo dog that Seth Isch has.Most of the English dogs I used to hunt were Wildfire bred.
I also have two beagles that run loose here at the house.They run rabbits every morning.They are just grade,I aint into the trials,but do comp. hunt the coonhounds.

Me and most of the guys I run beagles run have beagles that are grade.... UKC and PKC lets you register grade beagles the day of a hunt. If you'renot to far come check out a hunt when our new club schedules them. Pretty easy if you've coon competition hunted before. Strike your hounds the same and replace the tree with a line.

dk

I was at Atterbury this morning going flyfishing. When we launched the boat, there was a gentleman running eight beagles, maybe seven, at one time. I stopped and asked him how often a pack like that ran down the young of the year. He said something to the effect of "yes they do" and "they catch some full grown ones as well". I have owned beagles and bird dogs over the years, but what the point of running a pack like that full well knowing that they are going to catch quite a few of the young at this time of year?

Most young rabbits have little to no scent thanks to Mother nature, making it pretty darn difficult for a dog to catch let alone run.

I think houndsmen run their dogs to keep them in shape as well as to be out doing something they love regardless of how hot or cold or what time of year it is.

I would venture to say that the cats and yotes account for more rabbit kills than every rabbit hunter in the state combined.

By the by, were you fly fishing for nesting bluegills?

LOL @ Wes............sorry couldn't help it! If you pick on someones pastime your bound to get a "punch" back.

You've got to remember.....fish, rabbitts, deer, turkey, chickens, and cows are no different in the minds of anti's. You can't bash on guys cup of tea not expect to get yours bashed too.

I was only commenting on the comments made by this gentleman and my question as to why run so many dogs at one time if there is such a potential loss of young rabbits. He didn't hesitate in providing a response to me and I certainly appreciate his honesty in comment. I can see running two or three at a time, but I guess I question the number, especially at this time of year.

Oh, and we tossed all the gills back. I guess we should've kept them all, even the little ones?

Tobias, no punches being thrown here.

I don't think it is all that reasonable to say that a pack of dogs would have any advantage of catching a rabbit than a single dog or two or three.

Furthermore, its probably not reasonable to say (at least in the case of the rabbit) that there is a particular time of year that one should avoid hunting strictly because there are young rabbits out.

Ever heard the old saying "reproduce like rabbits?" Cottontails can raise as many as 6 litters in a year. In Indiana, anywhere from 3-4 litters would likely be the average with 3-6 young per litter.The rabbit’s gestation period is only 28 or 29 days, and a female is usually bred again within a few hours of giving birth. With IN's climate, rabbits could be having litters anywhere from March through October.